Browsing by Author "Jesic, Milos M. (57211511149)"

Introduction: In hypoxic newborns requiring oxygen, lipid peroxidation affects the peripheral blood lipids. Objectives: Determine the influence of perinatal oxygen therapy for hypoxia on serum lipid concentrations on the second day of life. Materials and Methods: Our study included 50 newborns with perinatal hypoxia requiring oxygen and 50 healthy newborns without oxygen therapy. Arterialized capillary blood was taken for categorization of hypoxia (pO2) after birth in both groups. Lipid concentrations: total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoproteins (HDL), low density lipoproteins (LDL), and triglycerides (TG) were measured on day 2 in both groups. Results: TC, LDL, HDL, TG, HC03 levels were statistically lower in the study group compared to the control one, while pCO2 and BE levels were statistically higher in newborns with perinatal hypoxia. Conclusion: Lower lipid levels in hypoxic newborns may suggest that circulating lipids are oxidized, peroxidized, and removed from the peripheral circulation. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Introduction: Acquired autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune process in which antibodies (AB) directed against the acetylcholine nicotinic receptor (AChR) cause weakness and fatigue of striated muscles. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the range of clinical manifestations in newborns with transient neonatal myasthenia (TNM). Methods: 62 newborns with mothers who had autoimmune MG were followed by: anthropometric parameters, gestational age, gender, type of delivery completion, Apgar score (AS) in the first and fifth minute, and the emergence of TNM symptoms. Results: For fourteen consecutive years, from a total of 98,000 infants, 62 (0.06%) were born to mothers with autoimmune MG. Four of them (6.4%) had symptoms of TNM. Conclusion: Newborns of mothers with MG manifest clinical features of TNM relative to stage of mother's illness. These newborns need monitoring until the seventh day of life. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Hemophilia is the most common inherited coagulation disorder, and approximately one-half of patients are diagnosed as newborns. For prenatal diagnosis of hemophilia A, genetic tests are performed using chorionic villi (biopsy PCR chorionic villi sampling [CVS]) at 10 weeks' of gestation. The result in this fetus demonstrated an inversion within intron 1 in part for hemophilia A. This male infant, who was his parents' first offspring, was born after an uneventful pregnancy. An uncle suffered from hemophilia A. This report describes a newborn who was prenatally diagnosed with hemophilia A. The timely diagnosis of hemophilia in a newborn enabled the provision of adequate therapy, which led to a favorable outcome. © 2015 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.